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Distinguished Service Medal

(Coast Guard)

For exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of
great responsibility.

Authorized in 1949, the Distinguished Service Medal is awarded for both combat valor and
non-combat services of exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a position
of great responsibility. It is our fourth highest military award and shares
this level of prominence with the Navy/Marine Corps DSM, the Army DSM and the Air Force
DSM, each of which has its own unique design.